Improvement in cotton-seed planters



J. T. HAM.

, Seed-Planter.

No. 30.313. Patented Oct. 9, 1860.

lnventon Witnesses:

AM. PHOTO-LITHO. CO. NvY. (OSBQRNFS FRCCESS.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. HAM, OF SENATOBIA, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SEED PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 30.313, dated October 9, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES 'l. HAM, of Senatobia, in the county of De Soto and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and Improved Ootton-Seed Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line w 00, Fig. 3; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line was, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an inverted plan of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspoudin g parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a biconical roller or seed-hopper placed within a suitable frame which is provided with an adjustable furrow-opener, coverin g device, and clearer, all arranged as hereinafter described, whereby the desired work may be perfectly performed audthe implement readily controlled by the attendant, and the ridges in which the seed is planted being not only preserved, but also perfected during the planting operation and left in a perfectly-rounded state, with the earth well compacted on the seed.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is provided with handles B B and has a hollow biconical roller, 0, fitted within it, the larger diameters of the roller being at its outer ends, as shown clearlyin Figs. 2 and 3. At the center of this roller there are a series of openings, at, and the roller within is of polygonal. form, the sides being slightly convex, as shown in Fig. 1. This rollerC is the seed-hopper, and it is provided with a door, I), through which the hopper is supplied with seed.

In the front part of the frame A there is placed a shaft, D, which is allowed to turn freely in its bearin gs. This shaft has an arm,

E, attached to it at right angles, which arm extends back toward the hopper or roller 0, and has a furrow-opener, F, attached tov the arm E, back of the opener F, being of share form, as shown at 0, so as to make what might be termed a continuation of the opener F, the two parts forming a furrow-share.

The furrow-opener is of course in line with the openings 0, in the roller, and the depth of the furrow may be' regulated by a thumb-nut and screw, (1 e, the screw 0 being attached to the arm E and passing up through a crosspiece,f, of the frame A, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The shaft D, in consequence of being allowed to turn in its bearings, admits of the adjustment of the furrow-opener.

In the back part of the frame A there is placed a shaft, g, to which a curved rod, G, is attached. This'rod G extends under the roller or hopper U in line with the openings or. The upper part of the rod G has a screw, 1), connected to it, and this screw extends horizontally through a traverse-bar, i, in the frame A, and has a thumonut' j, on it, as shown in Fig. 1. By turning this thumb-nut j the end of rod G may he brought nearer to or farther from the opening a of roller or hopper C, the shaft 1 being allowed to turn freely in the frame A.

To the back part of the frame A there is also attached, by adjustable pendants 7t 1., a bar, H, the lower surface of which is hollowed out so as to approximate to the concave form of the roller or hopper C. The pendants k are slotted longitudinally, and screws b pass through the slots, the screws having thumb nuts m placed on them. By this arrangement it will be seen that the bar H maybe adjusted to the desired height. The barH is stayed or braced by rods a.

As the machine is drawn along, the roller or hopper is of course rotated and the seed discharged through the openings a. The furrow to receive the seed isfmade by the opener F c, and the rod Gr insures an even discharge of the seed, preventing all clogging of the openings a and keeping them open and freean essential feature in the planting of cottonseed.

The biconical form of the roller or hopper C preserves the ridge in which the seed is planted, and the bar H, while also preserving the ridge, covers the seed and compacts the earth on the same.

Having thus described my invention, what and rod G, the adjustable arm E, provided I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters With the furrow-openers F10 and theadjustable Patent, isbar H, all being arranged substantially as and 1. The combination of the biconicai roller for the purpose set forth. or hopper O with the adjustable rod G, ar- JAMES T. HAM.

ranged for joint operation, as and for the pur- Witnesses: pose set forth. R. STEWART,

2. In connection with the roller or hopper C G. B. WOLLARD. 

